"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë

The test introduces students to a piece of classical literature and checks their reading literacy skills.

Задание 1

Match the words with the definitions.

Задание 2

Read "About the story" and "About the author". Why do you think Emily Brontë published the novel under the name Ellis Bell? Tick all the possible answers.

Задание 3

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. Heathcliff didn’t know the room was haunted.

Задание 4

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. The child in the dream is the ghost of Catherine Linton.

Задание 5

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. The child hurts Lockwood’s hand and makes it bleed.

Задание 6

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. The child has been outside the window all night.

Задание 7

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. Lockwood is afraid of the ghost.

Задание 8

Read the excerpt. Is the sentence true, false or is there no information in the text? Type in 1 for TRUE, 2 for FALSE, 3 for NOT STATED. The child wants to come into the house.

Задание 9

This chapter of "Wuthering Heights" contains many elements of the gothic genre. Read the excerpt and match the categories and the characteristics or examples from the text.

Задание 10

Read the excerpt again. Match the questions with the answers.

Задание 11

Look at some of the themes in "Wuthering Heights" below. Match the themes with the ways they are covered in the the excerpt.